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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2017
Vacation Rentals vs. Home Rule

The explosion of the online vacation rental business has many year-round residents wondering how their cities can protect their neighborhoods and sense of community.

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  • March 23, 2007
Accomplish the mission

The best leaders don't boss others around, a pro says. They show them how to do it, starting with providing clearly defined goals.

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  • May 7, 2004
Airport Subsidy Ignores the Invisible

When Fred Piccolo, president of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, stood before Sarasota and Manatee counties' elected officials April 26 to ask for a $500,000 taxpayer subsidy to attract a low-fare airline to the airport

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  • November 20, 2008
Corporate medics

Tom Sweet has grown Tampa-based TechHealth by focusing on a niche: getting care more quickly and efficiently to people injured on the job.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 30, 2012
Lot Builders

As new-home sales pick up, builders are angling for lots in premium locations from Sarasota to Naples.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 6, 2020
Vanguard Land weighs risk vs. rewards when investing

Sarasota company bought properties with seemingly little upside coming out of the recession. Several have had impressive turnarounds.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • June 26, 2023
Business Observer 40 under 40 nominations now open

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 40 Under 40 issue.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 21, 2005
Business that Sizzles

Chris Miller, CEO of Ruthis Chris and the next chairman of the restaurant association, explains the growth in higher end steakhouse market and why itis not the industryis fault consumers get fat.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 27, 2019
Brew and improved: With land deal, beer maker takes next big step

Fort Myers Brewing won awards for its beers in 2019, but the biggest news was the acquisition of a 23-acre parcel that will be the site of its much-needed new headquarters.

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  • October 23, 2008
Still Fighting

Two surveys show that small business owners,both in the Gulf Coast and nationwide, are bulking up on one intangible asset for 2009: Hope.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 4, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE | Roger Thomas

Roger Thomas leads Workspace Property Trust, which last month completed a $969 million acquisition of a portfolio of office properties from Liberty Property Trust, including numerous properties in the Tampa area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 30, 2020
Movin' On Up

Latest “Emerging Trends in Real Estate” report from the Urban Land Institute and PwC ranks Tampa/St. Petersburg as the sixth most attractive area in the U.S. based on job growth and development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Elizabeth Morrisey |
  • March 3, 2017
Play ball

Baseball teams have been swapping spring training cites with greater frequency across Florida in recent years. But not in Lakeland.

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  • November 30, 2010
Triad adds SmartSource coupons

The Tampa-based ad firm will add coupons to its online marketing portfolio.

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  • April 17, 2010
Four Gulf Coast companies make Fortune 500 list

The group is led by Tech Data, with more than $22 billion in 2009 revenue.

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  • November 23, 2012
Program helps firms go global

An international strategy could pay off, according to small business center.

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  • January 30, 2012
Naples WineFest brings in $12M

The Naples Winter Wine Festival has raised $107 million since 2001.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2012
Fox Electronics sold to IDT

The California company paid $30 million for Fox Electronics.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • February 16, 2012
PeerVue Inc. sold to McKesson

Fortune 500 company acquires Sarasota healthcare IT firm.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 11, 2016
Developer pays $3.3M for land, plans 224-unit project

360 Residential could begin construction for multifamily project by middle of 2017.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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